Whitney Sales

Cofounder & CRO

2023 - Current

Driving the future of intelligent robotics control for safe, adaptive use. ThoughtForge's innovative Net Active Inference-based AI utilizes 90,000x less data than that needed by traditional machine learning approaches, trains in seconds, uses 1/36 of the compute, can be deployed on-prem and performs tasks as designed at a dynamic accuracy of 99.7%. We work with Energy, Aerospace, Manufacturing and Robotics companies looking to safely and accurately deploy autonomous robots in dynamic, unpredictable real-world environments. Customers see a 200x ROI when compared to traditional approaches. We have been researched, tested and are ready for field deployment. If you're interested in learning more check us out at thoughtforge.ai or shoot me an email at whitney@thoughtforge.ai

Advisor + Investor

2022

Founder / Creator

2014

Early-stage GTM advisory practice focused on increasing sales velocity and driving capital-efficient growth. See references below.

Startup Mentor

2016

LAUNCH Founder University, founded by Jason Calacanis, is a two-day curriculum for founders who have launched their product but haven't raised Series A.

Cofounder & Partner (Seed Fund)

2019 - 2023

Forum Ventures® is a leading early-stage fund for B2B SaaS startups based in New York, San Francisco, and Toronto. Founded in 2014, we’re on a mission to make the B2B SaaS journey easier, more accessible, and successful for early-stage founders.

Managing Partner (Accelerator)

2017 - 2020

Forum Ventures® is a leading early-stage fund for B2B SaaS startups based in New York, San Francisco, and Toronto. Founded in 2014, we’re on a mission to make the B2B SaaS journey easier, more accessible, and successful for early-stage founders.

Advisor

2020 - 2023

Rapid deployment of industrial robotics and automation without custom code.

Advisor

2021 - 2023

Gain real-time insights and actionable data from millions of unstructured media datasets.

Investor + Advisor

2021 - 2023

Vision AI for smarter fulfillment operations. Instant insights. Simple automation. Achieve 100% accuracy in every order.

Sales Coach - Entrepreneurial Sales (CN 1932)

2020 - 2023

Coach|TA for Entrepreneurial Sales and GTM course. Mark Roberge & Lou Shipley: How to sell and manage GTM functions within entrepreneurial settings for HBS students.

Advisor

2020 - 2023

Autonomous cloud platform to match, monitor, and reconcile payment data across the entire lifecycle of money movement. Request Demo

Advisor + Investor

2020 - 2023

craft.co - Data and analytics platform for professionals. Craft is a machine-learning powered data and analytics platform building the “Source of Truth” on companies and mapping the global economy. The company organizes financial, operating and human capital data from thousands of sources to provide comprehensive, up-to-date sector and company profiles, ranging from early-stage to the largest companies in the world, with analytics and tools such as signal alerts, trends and benchmarking. Founded by Stanford GSB, EVP Crunchyroll, VP @ Venrock Series A funded by Uncorked